FERC & Federal
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent regulatory agency that oversees the transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil in interstate commerce, as well as regulating hydroelectric dams and natural gas facilities.
Several power producers joined the Electric Power Supply Association in petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review appellate court rulings upholding the New York and Illinois zero-emission credit programs.
FERC's Bernard McNamee informed Democrats that ethics advisers said he was not required to recuse himself from the commission’s resilience inquiry.
FERC disclosed data underlying its new formula for setting ROE rates for New England transmission owners and explained how it influenced the methodology.
Steve Huntoon, our Counteflow columnist, looks back at 4 years of his "scribblings" to see what he got right, what he got wrong, and what’s happened since.
Former FERC Chairman Kevin J. McIntyre died Wednesday following an 18-month battle with a brain tumor that had sidelined him since last summer.
Critics said the U.S. DOE’s proposal for designating electric infrastructure information could be a Trojan horse to subsidize coal and nuclear power.
2018 brought chilling warnings about the growing dangers of climate change, but President Trump continued to question the reality of a warming planet.
FERC begins 2019 with a new chairman and renewed questions about whether it will resist President Trump's efforts to deliver on his pledges to coal.
A GAO report on geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) found a lack of consensus on how much of a risk they pose to U.S. electric grid reliability.
FERC acted on tariff filings by more than a dozen transmission owners to correct how they calculate accumulated deferred income tax balances.
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